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United States of America
Summary
North American constitutional republic.
1
Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787.Scheb and Scheb, Introduction to the American Legal System, 6.
Scheb, John M., and John M. Scheb II. An Introduction to the American Legal System. Albany: West/Thomson Learning, 2002.
2
Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000.Chapin, Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States, 5.
Chapin, William. A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America; Containing a General View of the United States. . . . New York: W. Chapin and J. B. Taylor, 1839.
3
Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S.U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, 1:8.
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. 2 vols. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989.
4
Consisted of seventeen states at time of JS’s birth, 23 Dec. 1805, and twenty-six states at time of JS’s death, 27 June 1844.Lawson and Seidman, “First ‘Incorporation’ Debate,” 19.
Lawson, Gary, and Guy Seidman. “The First ‘Incorporation’ Debate.” In The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898. Edited by Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew H. Sparrow, 19–40. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.
5
Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States, 262.
Hayward, John. A Gazetteer of the United States of America; Comprising a Concise General View of the United States. . . . Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, and Co., 1853.
Links
- Commission as Justice of the Peace, 13 June 1842
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Affidavit, 5 September 1838
- Appeal Bond from Jeremiah Hurlbut, Solomon Tice, and William Jackways, 8 February 1819 [Hurlbut v. Smith]
- Appendix 1, Document 11. Court Ruling, 5 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 12. Thomas Ford, Order Discharging Joseph Smith, 6 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 2. Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 3. Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 5. Arrest Warrant, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 6. Joseph Smith, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 7. Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 8. Joseph Smith, Affidavit, 2 January 1843
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 2: William Clayton, Journal Excerpt, 1–4 April 1843
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Bail Bond, William Brink and Others to Charles Dana, 29 March 1843 [Dana v. Brink]
- Bible Used for Bible Revision
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Bond from Brigham Young and John M. Bernhisel, 30 May 1843
- Bond from James Brown and Samuel Bennett, 31 May 1843
- Bond from Peter Haws and Shadrach Roundy, 31 May 1843
- Bond to Henry Kern, 6 April 1841
- Bond, 31 May 1843, Draft
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Book of Mormon, 1830
- Classification of Scriptures, not before 17 July 1833
- Commission as Lieutenant General, 10 March 1841
- Conversations with Robert Matthews, 9–11 November 1835
- Copy of Evidence and Letter, circa Late 1838–circa Early 1839 [State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
- Copy of Evidence, circa Late 1838–circa Early 1839 [State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
- Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, 13 January 1846
- Deed from Daniel H. and Eliza Robison Wells, 4 February 1843
- Deed from Daniel Law, 29 August 1842
- Deed from Earl B. Nourse, 14 May 1842
- Deed from Jacob Remick, 1 September 1842–A
- Deed from Jacob Remick, 1 September 1842–B
- Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843
- Discourse, 29 August 1842, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 May 1843, as Reported by Levi Richards
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Editorial, 15 July 1842–B
- Editorial, 4 May 1838
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Elders’ Journal, October 1837
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 4 May 1841
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- Instruction, 2 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Instruction, 2 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter of Introduction from James Adams, 9 November 1839
- Letter of Introduction from Sidney Rigdon, 9 November 1839
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843
- Letter from Brigham Young and Willard Richards, 5 September 1840
- Letter from Brigham Young, 29 April 1840
- Letter from Brigham Young, 7 May 1840
- Letter from Clyde, Williams & Co., circa 15 July 1843
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 1, 3 May 1842
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Garret Bias, 3 April 1843
- Letter from George J. Adams, 21 April 1842
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Hugh Legare, 31 March 1843
- Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 January 1840
- Letter from J. W. Lotson, 7 January 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 25 July 1840
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from John Harper, 13 July 1842
- Letter from John Taylor, 3 February 1841
- Letter from Mason Brayman, 29 July 1843
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 11 June 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 April 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 July 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 30 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 9 June 1844
- Letter from P., 15 August 1842
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 4 December 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 5 February 1842
- Letter from S. J. Wild, 30 April 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Thomas Shaw, 21 April 1835
- Letter from William Appleby, before 2 May 1842
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter from William Worthyson, 31 May 1842
- Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Geneseo, New York, 23 November 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Clyde, Williams & Co., 1 August 1843
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Elias Higbee with JS Postscript, 7 March 1840
- Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 March 1843
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 12 February 1833
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833
- Letter to Parley P. Pratt and Others, 12 June 1842
- Letter to Pottawatomie Indians, 28 August 1843
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Robert B. Thompson, 25 May 1839
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo, Illinois, High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letter to Silas Smith, 26 September 1833
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 30 July 1842
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 August 1843
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter to the Church, circa February 1834
- Letter, Martin and Hannah Heston Snider to David and Mary Beck Evans, 12 May 1843
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorandum, 2 October 1841
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843, Draft
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
- Minutes, 22 July 1842
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 27–28 December 1832
- Minutes, 3 December 1832
- Minutes, 30 April 1832
- Minutes, 5 December 1832
- Minutes, 6 June 1833
- Minutes, 9 November 1831
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 12 March 1842
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 8 July 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Oath, 11 February 1843
- Oath, 21 June 1842
- Oath, 21 May 1842
- Oaths, 3 February 1841
- Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A
- Ordinance, 12 July 1842–B
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste (A Cry out of the Wilderness), 1842, extract, English translation
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste, 1842, extract
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition from Nauvoo Legion, 9 September 1843
- Petition to George Thompkins, 15 March 1839
- Petition to United States Congress, 29 November 1839
- Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833
- Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early June–25 June 1833
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Preface to Book of Mormon, circa August 1829
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Promissory Note to David Manhard, 8 October 1840–A
- Recommendation for Orson Hyde, 6 April 1840
- Report of the First Presidency, 7 April 1841
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 12 March 1832 [D&C 79]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]
- Revelation, 30 December 1830 [D&C 37]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]
- Revelation, 5 January 1831 [D&C 39]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 March 1833 [D&C 91]
- Revelation, April 1829–B [D&C 8]
- Revelation, February 1831–A [D&C 43]
- Revelation, July 1830–C [D&C 25]
- Revelation, circa Early 1830
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–A
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Times and Seasons, 2 May 1842
- Title Page of Book of Mormon, circa Early June 1829
- Transcript of Proceedings, 12–29 November 1838 [State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
- “Latter Day Saints,” 1844